What is recorded here

Couragh Well is a lost holy well in rough pasture, County Cork, Ireland. Local information says land drainage killed the water, though that water was once much sought for butter making. The well may have given life to kitchens and rituals before human tools took its water back.

3In rough pasture. According to local information, well dried up as result of land drainage. Water was much sought after for butter making. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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